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Hybrid organizations and the third sector : challenges for practice, theory and policy / edited by David Billis.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xviii, 270 s. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230234635
  • 0230234631
  • 023023464X
  • 9780230234642
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.048 22
LOC classification:
  • HD62.6
Other classification:
  • Qba
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Biblioteket HKR Biblioteket 658 Hybrid Available 11156000185578
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Addressing a key social policy problem, this book analyses modern voluntary organisations through the lens of a new theory of hybrid organisations, which is tested and developed in the context of a range of case studies. Essential reading for all interested in the future of the third sector.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction: From Welfare Bureaucracies to Welfare Hybrids
  • Towards a Theory of Welfare Hybrids
  • Third Sector Organisations in a Contradictory Policy Environment
  • The Governance of Hybrid Organisations
  • Volunteers in Hybrid Organisations: A Marginalised Majority?
  • Community-Based Organisations: Sustainability and Independence
  • Faith-Based Organisations: A Distinctive Contribution to Welfare?
  • Social Enterprises: Challenges from the Field
  • Hybridity in Partnership Working: Managing Tensions and Opportunities
  • Social Housing: Agents of Policy or Profits in Disguise?
  • Encountering Hybridity: Lessons from Individual Experiences
  • Conclusions